Configure mongoose connection, replace Date with string in NewsSchema

src/index.ts

 import "./utils/env"
 import express, { Request, Response, NextFunction, Application } from "express";
+import mongoose from "mongoose";
 import bodyParser from "body-parser";
 import expressSession from "express-session";
 import authRoute from './routes/auth';
 import newsRoute from './routes/news';
 
+mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/bodysch', { useNewUrlParser: true, useCreateIndex: true, useUnifiedTopology: true } ).then(
+  () => { console.log("Connected to database") },
+).catch(err => {
+  console.log("MongoDB connection error. Please make sure MongoDB is running. " + err);
+  // process.exit();
+});
+
 const app: Application = express();
 
 app.use(bodyParser.json()); // for parsing application/json

src/models/NewsSchema.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ interface INews extends Document {
        // id: IUser["_id"],
         userName: string,
     }, */
-    publishedAt: Date
+    publishedAt: string
 }
 
 const NewsSchema = new Schema({
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const NewsSchema = new Schema({
         id: { type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, required: true },
         userName: { type: String, required: true }
     }, */
-    publishedAt: { type: Date, required: true }, 
+    publishedAt: { type: String, required: true }, 
 });
 
 export default model<INews>('News', NewsSchema);
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